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The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Buy a Company, Get the Plant for Free Earlier this year, Merck company bought a pipeline of follow-on biologics (and a manufacturing plant to make them in) from Insmed. Now it's back for more with an acquisition of Avecia Biologics.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck: Same Plan, With a Twist With increasing generic competition and languishing sales of cholesterol-lowering drugs Vytorin and Zetia, Merck is doing its best to replace sales by pushing new drugs through its pipeline.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Following the Pack to Future Returns Mylan's playing catch up, but there's room for more.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Copycat on the Prowl Teva Pharmaceutical announces it is partnering with Lonza to develop generic versions of biologics, called biosimilars, or follow-on biologics.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Welcome to Club Biogeneric, Pfizer! The megadrugmaker jumps on the biogeneric bandwagon.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2007 Brian Orelli	Investing in Follow-On Biologics Investors, while approvals of follow-on biologics in the U.S. are probably still years away, now is the time to do your research. Those that are leading the race overseas are likely to be first in line when the FDA opens its door to applications.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Brian Orelli	Teva Buys In to Biologics Teva Pharmaceutical announces that it was acquiring privately held CoGenesys, for $400 million in cash.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Stop Worrying About Follow-On Biologics They're inevitable, but they won't hurt biotech as much as you might think.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Billion-Dollar Market to Open "Very Soon" Biosimilar drugs are finally coming to the U.S.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2009 Brian Orelli	The FTC Hates You, Too The agency weighs in (unhappily) on follow-on biologics.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2010 Brian Orelli	No Patent! No Generics? Take Advantage of the Situation Enjoy it while it lasts, pharma.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Brian Orelli	Buy, Sell, or Hold: Biotech Generics Generic biotech drugs are coming. Hop on.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Brian Orelli	Tired of Waiting, Teva Advances Teva Pharmaceutical decides it's not worth waiting for the U.S. government to establish a pathway for approval of generic versions of biologic drugs. Instead, it's asking for approval for its copycat of Amgen's Neupogen under the normal branded-drug process.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Brian Orelli	A Long-Term Play for Your Port Long-term prospects look better than the near term ones for Eli Lilly and its investors.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Brian Orelli	Look Across the Pond for Biosimilars Teva, ratiopharm, and CT Arzneimittel all get positive recommendations for their new biosimilars, as approvals for generic equivalents to biotech drugs are heating up in Europe.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2008 Brian Orelli	OK, Last Vioxx Settlement, Honest! What's another $58 million when Merck's already forking over $4.85 billion?
The Motley Fool July 16, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Strong Dollar Can Hurt Novartis makes it through a hard quarter.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2009 Brian Orelli	Going Viral, but Not in a Good Way Genzyme's manufacturing problems with viruses underscore the complexity of manufacturing biologic drugs compared to small molecule drugs.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Brian Orelli	Is Merck a Buy? Short term it's hard to say, but for the long term, its pipeline looks strong.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck: Poised for Growth and Eager to Go Merck needs its new, stronger, post-acquisition pipeline to pay off.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	Thank Goodness for Amgen's New Kids The old drugs are dragging down Amgen's growth.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Arlene Weintraub	Merck Fine-Tunes Biosimilars Strategy as FDA Guidelines Loom Merck readies itself to enter this potential new market.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2008 Brian Lawler	Will Generic Biologics Get Special Treatment? While the rest of the market was lost in the financial meltdown, a little-noticed report discussing some of the biopharmaceutical bills going through Congress was released.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Luke Timmerman	Merck, Staring at a Biotech Future, Seeks to Get in the Game With New Protein Drugs, Biosimilars Biotech drugs will soon dominate the pharmaceutical industry, and Merck is playing catch-up.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2011 Brian Orelli	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: Amgen Goes Generic Biosimilars are coming -- might as well get a piece of the action.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pipeline Checkup: Merck Has Potential The Schering-Plough acquisition has seemed to help.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	Amgen Draws Blood in Anemia-Drug War The pharmaceutical fights off rival Roche.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Stimulus Could Be Bitter Pill for Some Investors Health-care shareholders need to watch provisions of the stimulus bill closely.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	Novartis Leads the Pack Biosimilars come to Japan; will the U.S. be next? In the U.S., the main hang-up is how much guaranteed patent protection branded biologics will be given.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	Judge's Ruling Has Brand and Generic Drugmakers Smiling A ruling on the patents on Merck's blood pressure medications Cozaar and Hyzaar benefited both Merck and the plaintiff in the suit, generic-drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals. The defendant in the suit wasn't actually Merck but the Food and Drug Administration.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Can $634 Billion Save the U.S. Health Care System? The good news is that Obama's budget includes a $634 billion down payment on getting insurance for the 48 million uninsured. The bad news is that the president has to pay for that by cutting costs in other areas.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2011 Brian Orelli	Don't Have a Stroke Over Merck's Heart Drug Welcome to pharma investing.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Brian Lawler	Is the FDA Still Approving New Drugs? Lately the FDA seems more reluctant to approve new drugs than it once was. Let's take a look at the actual numbers from the past eight years.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Brian Orelli	Black Friday Bargain Stock: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Is Dr. Reddy's Laboratories a good value right now? Growth is slowing at the generic drugmaker, but is it enough to justify the drop in price?
The Motley Fool January 13, 2011 Brian Orelli	This Trendy Pharma Is Making a Stylish Move Merck signs up a CRO to help with biosimilars.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Brian Orelli	Pushing Pills Spending on drug lobbying increases. What do companies have to show for it? The key for investors is to find drug companies that are spending their money wisely.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 Brian Lawler	Brazil's Boneheaded Drug Move Brazil already receives a steep discount on the price that Merck charges it for its HIV compounds. Nevertheless, it wants still lower prices to help reduce the government's costs associated with supplying drugs to those living with HIV/AIDS.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	An Investor's Guide to the New PDUFA It's important for investors in drug companies to keep up with the latest clinical trial news, but policy changes in Washington can affect companies' bottom lines just as much.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	This Baby Is a Nice Addition A month into an acquisition, and Merck already sees a benefit.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 Brian Orelli	Drugmaker Growth: The China Connection Just like other industries, the pharmaceutical industry has realized that China is a good place to find cheap labor. While reluctant to set up FDA-regulated manufacturing plants in China, other stages of drug development can be done there.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2010 Rick Steier	Is Teva Pharmaceutical a Forever Hold? Teva is a compelling reason why investors should look abroad for opportunity.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2007 Brian Orelli	Leading the Pack of Follow-On Drug Makers Generic drug maker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is taking a huge risk to get ahead of the pack, but it's well worth the rewards of being in front of its competitors. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2010 Brian Orelli	Little Surprise. Big Stock Move. Investors like Amgen's early approval;shares are up 9% today, well ahead of the overall market.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	3 Cheers for an FDA Rejection German drugmaker Merck said that the Food and Drug Administration had turned down its multiple sclerosis drug cladribine. The pill would have competed with Novartis' Gilenya, which gained FDA approval last year.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Diane Brady	Biotech: Teva's Next Triumph? The Israeli maker of generics wants a piece of the fast-growing bio-drug market.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	AstraZeneca Snuffs Out Galida Will any of the new dual-PPAR drugs make it to the market? Here's another good reminder for pharmaceutical and biotech investors that you shouldn't count your chickens until the FDA has let them hatch.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Brian Orelli	What's Merck Doing? With a nice solid pipeline Merck is on its way to its goal of double-digit EPS growth through 2010.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	And You Thought Biotech Was High-Risk, High-Reward Large clinical trials make cardiovascular drugs risky, but the rewards are there, too.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Dueling Fools: Merck Bear Looking at other big pharma peers, Merck is dead last when it comes to expected three- to five-year EPS growth. Why buy a troubled pharma when better options exist?
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck's Bad News Nothing to Sneeze At The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reexamination of Merck's patent on allergy medication, Singulair, is nothing to sneeze at. The $2.8 billion worth of Singulair that Merck sold in the U.S. last year made up 12% of its total pharmaceutical sales.